by DEBBIE DENMON / WFAA-TV
Posted on December 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Updated today at 1:42 PM
ARLINGTON — It's being called the biggest animal seizure of its kind in the country. Authorities moved in to take custody of a many as 20,000 creatures from an exotic pet distributor Tuesday morning.
Arlington Animal Services served a civil seizure warrant on U.S. Global Exotics, a multi-million dollar business that acquires these creatures from all around the world — then sells them for premium prices.
The collection includes snakes, wallabys, tarantulas, turtles and hedgehogs.
"We're finding huge amounts of dead animals in with the living ones," said Jay Sabatucci of Arlington Animal Services. "We're finding turtles who are basically in a toxic soup of water and other dead turtles."
.................. More and video below..................
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Thousand ... 23622.html
Posted on December 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Updated today at 1:42 PM
ARLINGTON — It's being called the biggest animal seizure of its kind in the country. Authorities moved in to take custody of a many as 20,000 creatures from an exotic pet distributor Tuesday morning.
Arlington Animal Services served a civil seizure warrant on U.S. Global Exotics, a multi-million dollar business that acquires these creatures from all around the world — then sells them for premium prices.
The collection includes snakes, wallabys, tarantulas, turtles and hedgehogs.
"We're finding huge amounts of dead animals in with the living ones," said Jay Sabatucci of Arlington Animal Services. "We're finding turtles who are basically in a toxic soup of water and other dead turtles."
.................. More and video below..................
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Thousand ... 23622.html